Theodore Weisberg of Seaport Securities talks about the effects of the latest bailout news on the financial markets and where we're destined to go from here. Kelsey Hubbard reports from the New York Stock Exchange. (Sept. 30)

Elite advanced management programs at top business schools cater to those trying to get into the c-suite. Jennifer Merritt visits the Harvard Business School to take an inside look at one such program. (Sept. 30)

WSJ Executive Washington Editor Jerry Seib gives his take on Monday's House vote on the bailout and its effects on the market, saying "we're now going to learn the consequences of political failure." (Sept. 29)

CQ Politics political reporter Jonathan Allen why and how a bill that would have provided $700 billion of taxpayer money to the troubled financial markets lost in a stunning feat in the House of Representatives.

Blair Sheppard, dean of Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, discusses the global direction of business education and what schools are offering abroad. He speaks with WSJ's Alina Dizik. (Sept. 30)

Rich Lyons, dean of the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley, speaks with WSJ's Jennifer Merritt about the school's joint executive M.B.A. program with Columbia University. (Sept. 30)

Stephanie DiMarco, CEO and founder of Advent Software, has led her firm through two past downturns. Her strategies: be honest with employees, address missteps quickly, and select new opportunities carefully. (Sept. 29)

The House defeated a measure to rescue the nation's troubled financial system amid deep criticism of the plan. Barron's Mike Santoli talks with Kelsey Hubbard about challenges to the bail out. (Sept. 29)

President Bush says he is disappointed the House of Representatives voted to defeat the $700 billion Wall Street rescue plan. He says he will meet with his economic advisers and continue to address the situation "head-on." Video courtesy of Fox News. (Sept. 29)

President Bush says the $700 billion rescue plan awaiting a vote in Congress would address the root cause of the financial crisis and would help restart the flow of credit. Video courtesy of Reuters. (Sept. 29)

After a tentative agreement was set over the weekend, a $700 million Wall Street rescue plan could become law. But there are still holdouts and plenty of public anger. Fox's Doug Luzader reports. (Sept. 29)

A group of European tourists and their guides snatched by armed bandits in a remote desert 10 days ago were freed unharmed in a pre-dawn raid by Egyptian special forces on Monday, officials said. The group of 19 hostages -- five Germans, five Italians, a Romanian and eight Egyptian drivers and tour guides -- were flown into Cairo aboard an Egyptian military plane and taken for medical checks, state television said. Images.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose country holds the EU presidency, on Monday met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for a summit in Marseille focused on global warming, terrorism and the global financial crisis.

India's rambling financial hub, Mumbai, is on a massive clean-up drive. Luxury apartments, offices and parks are popping up everywhere, while tens of thousands of slum-dwellers are literally being pushed out by the development.

Gen. Ray Odierno sits down with Lesley Stahl for his first interview since taking command of U.S. forces in Iraq and also takes her and 60 Minutes cameras on his first battlefield tour in his new role.

The New York Times has elected Istanbul as the gastronomy capital of 2008. Over the last year an array of restaurants have sprung up all over the Turkish city, such as Mikla, the popular restaurant run by Swedish Turk Mehmet Gurs.

Four people were killed on Monday in a car bomb blast targeting a military bus on the outskirts of the restive northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli, security and military officials said. The attack risks further undermining stability in the troubled country and efforts to reconcile rival political factions.

With the government planning to spend $700 billion to bailout Wall Street, how is the consumer effected? Stephanie AuWerter, editor of SmartMoney.com, offers some insight on what the average American should expect.